PvilleJohn's 2016 TRD OR Build Thread (SOLD)

Nice build! Heading in a very similar direction, same color, same bumper, and looking to keep the factory wheels with 285's. Did you need to trim/shorten your wheel studs to keep them from protruding beyond the 1" BORA spacers? You mentioned minimal rubbing off road... is it something a CMC would cure?

 

Thanks buddy I appreciate it! Luckily the wheel studs don’t stick out past the spacers so i didn’t have to do any trimming there. And as odd as it is, I don’t rub on my cab mount at all, it’s only the front plastic piece of the wheel well that rubs. Some simple plastic trimming would fix it but it’s so minimal I haven’t bothered with it

 

I did a couple things today....thanks @dan0mite for sending the awesome deal my way! Thanks @aspurlock87 for TacomaWorld expressing my softopper Up here. Thanks @HrBrad8 for expressing my flush mount lights and bed bars! And one final thanks to @EddyRRT for being my “ship to facility”

 

Softopper installed!


TRD logos installed on Wet Okole’s

 

Looks good bud. I loved my softtopper, ran it every day for a couple years. It just hangs out in the garage now I got tired of swapping between it and the bedrack/rtt so I just leave my bed naked unless I need one or the other. Notice any mpg drop?

 

Thanks man, yeah I also just got some bed bars and a high lift jack to mount on them. I can’t decide which one I’ll leave on most of the time. I haven’t had it on long enough to see any MPG’s yet but I imagine it would be better MPG since it’s more streamlined but I’m not sure

 

I lost 1-2 with mine. Especially at interstate speeds lol.

 

I was already down to 15 lol I hope I don’t lose much more!

 

Ouch. My truck gets 17

 

15 and some change is where I usually sit at. With a naked bed and keeping my speed down I can get close to 17. Sometimes lol

 

Happy New Year John!!

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Thanks Chad! Happy New Years to you as well!

 

Here are a few photos from the last Chesnut Mountain meet last weekend.

 

Subbed.
Bought my 2002 brand new at Toyota of greenville.

 

Love the soft topper man it looks great

 

Awesome man! I’d like to think I’ll keep this one that long but I’ve never been one to keep a vehicle for long term haha

 

Thanks buddy I love it! Took away some MPG’s but I still leave it on there. It comes in handy keeping my fire gear out of the cab but still in the dry plus if I need to haul something big it folds right up against the cab. .

For $300 I couldn’t pass it up!

 

@PvilleJohn some info here on acquiring tranny temps

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...iagnostics-and-a-t-temp.477407/#post-14501111

 

Finally broke down and ordered one of those really unnecessary mods from the plastic master @mesojdm lol. Check out my Gasshole

 

Also Finally chopped my exhaust that was hanging down after the HC bumper install and added my SOS Concepts bedside supports that have been riding around under my seat.